Adrian sat himself down across from Lani with a slight smirk, wringing some excess water out of his long, dark hair. He tossed the wet strands back over his shoulder, picking up a large trout and tearing into it himself. He sat with a relaxed posture, one of his legs folded beneath the other. He...
"Hm..." Adrian hummed thoughtfully, weighing his options carefully. It wouldn't be the safest of decisions to hunt down a potentially corrupting artifact, but he also couldn't just leave things as they were either.
"Alright let's do that," Adrian said, nodding as he affirmed the decision...
Adrian regarded Lani, looking somewhat amused by her antics. With her hearing ability, it would ensure that the giants would not accidentally stumble upon them, so it was indeed safer for the two of them to travel together. Plus, it saved Adrian the trouble of having to trek all the way back to...
Lani's remark was somewhat grating to Adrian, and he found her careless disregard for the danger she was involved in somewhat unnerving. It was clear that she felt safe around him, but whether or not that was warranted was difficult to say. Her naivete in regard to the sirens' magic irked him...
"Ah... Honestly..." Adrian mutters, shaking his head in exasperation as he regards the cat girl. "I guess what they say about curiosity and the cat isn't entirely baseless after all..."
With a sigh, he lifts the petite girl up, knowing that it would not be good for her to be around the giant...
Adrian listened patiently as she rambled on about what was happening. It seemed that the girl, Lani, was familiar with the giant. That wasn't entirely unusual, but it was strange that the giant should suddenly be acting violently. There had to be a cause, and it was not likely that this cat girl...
Adrian reclined beside the riverbank, letting the sunlight dry off his recently transformed legs. He had just swum upstream from the ocean, which was an easy enough task for a born swimmer such as himself. Stretching out his toes, he curled them around blades of grass and amused himself by...
Rita looked up at Estelle and narrowed her yes at her, turning the page of her book before returning her gaze to it.
"You of all people should understand the importance of my research Estelle," Rita replied simply. "Besides, you know that even if there were a new type of blastia, it wouldn't...
"I don't appreciate your being disingenuous," Seth replied, shrugging right back. "If you think I'm leaving you alone in the room with my sister, you're sorely mistaken. I run my own schedule, I've got time."
He sat down on the bed and swung his legs up to stretch out, folding his arms...
Seth folded his arms across his chest, looking over at Marcov. He still was fairly suspicious of his sister's new friend, but he decided better of mentioning that. At least for now.
"Unless the rules have changed since the last time I played, chess is a two person game," Seth replied.
"More or less," Seth said with a shrug and a slight smirk. "I managed to avoid slicing of my hand, so that's a plus. There's still a lot to do on it though."
"Huh," Seth said simply, looking at Marcov's extended hand suspiciously. He wiped his hands of on the rag he held, then draped it over his shoulder before clasping Marcov's hand. "Never heard of you. Nice to meet you, or whatever..."
He glanced at Faye.
"You guys working on a school...
Faye laughed a little at the comment.
"This is nothing," she said. "Both my father and brother are-"
Faye paused as the door swung open to reveal her brother Seth. The blond teen leaned against the doorframe, eyeing them for a moment. He wore a gray jumpsuit as pants, having tied the top...
Faye shrugged as she shut the door behind them.
"Well some of this is a single project broken down into multiple parts," she said. "Just be careful not to knock anything over and it'll be fine."
She smiled as him before going to set up the table for them to play on.
"Yeah, my room is the one on the right," Faye replied. "My brother's room is across from mine, but I think he's out at the moment."
She followed him, pleased by his excitement.
Faye tilted her head, looking innocently at him.
"Of course," Faye said. "I've got a lot of projects that I'm working on in there, but they don't take up too much space. There's enough room to set up a table to play on."
"Well, all the higher up apartments do have an elevator which reaches those floors, but stairs are more reliable anyways. Plus, the first couple of floors have more space," Faye said as they reached the door. She unlocked it with her key card again and opened up the door, stepping into a...
"It's this one right here," Faye said, motioning towards her apartment building. She bounded up the steps and used her key card to unlock the door before beginning to make her way up the narrow staircase inside. "It's the first door up these stairs, which is pretty lucky."
"Well that's alright, I like to study," Faye replied, smiling at him. "I'll learn as much as I can through practice an experience, and I know that your help will allow me to improve significantly."
Faye nodded thoughtfully.
"That makes sense. The game is likely to differ in respect to who your opponent is," Faye added. "Hearing you talk about it, it's clear that there's a lot of elements that go into it that aren't obvious to an amateur."